Friday 3/23/12

Collapsing cooling towers (some of which are in Sheffield):

Test your awareness part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4&list=FL0GtaPeb8I0-wvDl5CAeKzA&index=12&feature=plpp_video 

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA&list=FL0GtaPeb8I0-wvDl5CAeKzA&index=11&feature=plpp_video 

Ok Go's new awesome video Needing/Getting:

Dubstep Guns:

New Alien prequel movie trailer:

Friday 3/16/12

Who is Saint Patrick and why do we insist on celebrating him. What did he do that was so great?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0315_050315_stpatricksday.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick

Erik Johansson on impossible photography:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/erik_johansson_impossible_photography.html

Friday 3/9/12

Trailer for the new Avengers movie courtesy of Kenn:
http://wdmp-7.vo.llnwd.net/d1/wdsmp/TheAvengers/Trailer3/Avengers_Tlr3_480.mov

Coming to a big screen near you, some kind of epic dance battle. Erm, I'll let you decide what to make of it.

When bears wave hello:

When bears attack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ThZ8dc2B8E&ob=av3e

Friday 3/2/12

Every wondered how the Staples Center transforms from Lakers game to Kings game? Watch this time lapse video and find out:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-staples-center-video-20120223,0,1353395.story

Catherine sent us this virtual choir composed of people singing via webcam. Quite extraordinary:

And if that's not enough, here's a longer version:

Maniacal laugh/evil kid:

Friday 2/24/12

Where's Wall-E?
http://www.toplessrobot.com/u1gu1.jpg

Great video and animation by Siriusmo- Idiologie
http://vimeo.com/21407922

And Hod Lipson builds self aware robots:
http://www.ted.com/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots.html

Friday 2/17/12

Try saying boots and cats enough times in succession and you'll have some beats!

Zombie apocalypse comes to Los Angeles:
http://runforyourlives.com/

Just try not to get eaten if you take part:

And finally, a short film- snowboarding like Tron:
http://io9.com/5885786/become-a-tron-snowboarder-with-this-full+body-led-snowsuit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aIX3ntiTV-g

Friday 2/3

The Oscars are on the way, so here's a few short trailers for a few nominees for animated short:
Dimanche/Sunday

the-fantastic-flying-books-of-mr-morris-lessmore

a-morning-stroll

wild-life

Tommy this week introduced us to Candy Chang, an urban designer:
http://candychang.com/

And two of her public engagement pieces:
http://candychang.com/i-wish-this-was/
http://candychang.com/before-i-die-in-nola/